Show me why
you were my hero.
Why with child-like trust
I knighted you into existence -
and whispered through
a midnight’s path
those words -
“you are my hero”.

Why I fastened
the armour
around your waist –
attaching each piece
with prayer and a smile.
Never doubting
the why of it all.

Please, this is
my dying wish –
repeating with bated breath;
tell me – why were you my hero.